Portillo's Hot Dogs

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FRONT PREP COOLER WITH OPEN TOP NOT MAINTAINING TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMP VARIES 62.3-48.8F. COOLER IS USED TO STORE PERISHABLES( CHICKEN, DICED TOMATOES, DELI....) INSTRUCTED MGR TO KEEP COOLERS TEMPERATURE AT 40F OR LOWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A) COOLER IS TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE. MUST CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CDPH WHEN REPAIRED FOR TAG REMOVAL.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS STORED AT IMPROEPR TEMPERATURE. FOUND 2 LBS OF DICED CHICKEN AT 51.3F, DICED TOMATOES AT 63.4F, COOKED PASTA 52.3F, DELI 51.4F, ALL FOOD STORED IN SAID COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP SUCH FOODS AT 40F OR LAWER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A) FOOD DISCARDED VALUED AT $30.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: FAN COVER IN MAIN WALK-IN COOLER WITH HEAVY DUST BUILD UP, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MISSING GROUT AT WALK-IN COOLER FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO RE-GROUT. FLOORS NOT CLEAN BEHIND ICE MAKER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: LIGHT FIXTURE IN BASEMENT WALK-IN COOLER MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLOW DRAIN AT DRINK STATION HAND SINK. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MISSING THERMOMETER IN SEVERAL COOLERS, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 13, 2017: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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